Wrangler Breakfast: Community at its Finest

Sarah Gallagher -- Receptionist

Among the many traditions here at HoneyRock, there is a particular early morning favorite for staff and campers known as Wrangler Breakfast.  The wranglers pick us up in a horse-drawn wagon and drive us over to Wagon Circle, where other wranglers are busy preparing breakfast.

This morning, Ministry Support and Ops Staff gathered at the Wagon Circle to chow down on egg-in-the-holes and chocolate chip pancakes, compliments of the wranglers, culinary masters.  We congregated around an open fire while the wranglers cooked up their specialties over a second fire.  As laughter and conversation mixed with the aroma of delicious food, smoke encompassed us, staining us with the beloved stench of camp.

Pancakes have never been so much fun.  Tim, the wrangler, would holler out when a pancake was ready and someone would stand up as he simultaneously flipped the pancake through the air and onto a plate across the fire.  Cheers would go up around the fire as successful passes were made, and groans would be heard as pancakes bit the dust.   

After a great closing devotional about the body of Christ, we loaded up in the wagon and the Ops truck and headed back to camp. I can't speak for the Ops truck, but in the wagon we had a great Sound of Music sing-a-long.  We began with Do-Re-Mi, and I kid you not, for a full three minutes, we sounded exactly like Maria and the Von Trapp children.  After a moment of stunned silence, we burst into laughter, then moved onto another song.

We ended our adventure by skipping along and singing "We're Off to See the Wizard," and laughing our way back into camp. Needless to say, we had a wonderful morning enjoying the company of each other while taking part in such a delicious and delightful camp tradition.

the whole motley crew waiting for an egg-in-the-hole

community building (or stare-down...not sure which)

the epic catch. please note the expressions of those in the background.